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Sconce

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-59317

Description

Florl/scroll mount; 3 entwined stems with 3 cast bobeche; black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sconces
casting (process)
gilding
iron (metal)
Iron
Slip Cast
Gilded
SCONCE

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24.5 x 11.625 x 4.875 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2049.1

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